Ethical gift market helps Oxfam post highest Christmas sales for five years

Year-on-year sales for November and December were up 10%, boosted by 9% rise in gifts such as providing safe water for small communities

Oxfam has reported its highest sales for five years on the back of increased demand for secondhand clothes and ethical gifts.

Healthy sales of Fairtrade goods such as chocolate and coffee helped the charity post a 10% year-on-year rise in sales for November and December, worth 17.2m.